The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library

American Surgical Association

About This Item

Title

American Surgical Association

Subject

Societies, Medical
General Surgery
Physicians
American Surgical Association
Army Medical Museum (U.S.)
Ford's Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
Photographs
Portraits

Description

Members attending annual meeting, Army Medical Museum, Washington, D.C., April 28 - May 1, 1886.
Inscription: American Surgical Association Army Medical Museum/April 30, 1886/(Ford's Theatre, Washington, D.C.)
Front of image: Attendees identified.

Source

Original image: Philadelphia General Hospital Photograph Collection, Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, box 27, photo no. 6
Philadelphia General Hospital was originally part of the Philadelphia Almshouse, which was founded in 1731 for the city’s poor, elderly and indigent. Nicknamed “Old Blockley,” because of its location in Blockley Township of West Philadelphia, the hospital was renamed Philadelphia General Hospital in 1919. The hospital eventually closed in 1977. The images in this collection have been compiled from a number of sources but appear to be predominantly from the personal photo albums of attending physicians.

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1886

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PGH_27_6

Temporal Coverage

History, 19th Century

Spatial Coverage

District of Columbia

Original Format

1 photograph

Physical Dimensions

23 x 33.5 cm

Citation

“American Surgical Association,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed March 29, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/807.